Elections

By Dan Peters | 20 October 2023

There will be a greater push for divestment in the local government pension scheme (LGPS) after t...

WHITEHALL

Old wine in new bottles

By Michael Burton | 18 October 2023

The names on the doors may change, but regional policy will remain a priority for the next Govern...

PLANNING

Required: some real radicalism

By Dr Simon Kaye | 17 October 2023

Dr Simon Kaye reflects on the recent round of political party conferences and argues that a coher...

PLANNING

Giving power away: Labour needs to turn rhetoric into reality

By Ross Mudie | 16 October 2023

Labour needs to articulate a more concrete vision for how they would go further and faster on dev...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Sector to plot solutions for 'broken' finance system

By Dan Peters | 13 October 2023

Local government is planning to collectively come up with some innovative ideas about how the ‘br...

HEALTH

Government must revert to previous home improvement support levels at minimum

By Dr Carole Easton | 13 October 2023

Dr Carole Easton asks why we spend more money maintaining Parliament than on home improvement gra...

LEGAL

Call for elections indemnity

By Martin Ford | 11 October 2023

Elections officials should be granted indemnity against legal challenges resulting from the rollo...

LONDON COUNCILS

Political heat is rising

By Alison Griffin | 09 October 2023

Alison Griffin looks ahead to the looming General Election and what it bodes for local government.

Plea to delay online postal vote applications

By Martin Ford | 09 October 2023

Launching online applications for postal and proxy votes later this month should be ‘urgently rec...

INFRASTRUCTURE

Two answers to levelling up – but what's the question?

By Heather Jameson | 03 October 2023

Heather Jameson says set aside the anti-city, anti-local government rhetoric - Rishi Sunak's plan...

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